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and the donkey saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain you, and saved her alive.
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The Donkey's Perception
All commentators agree on the angel's explicit statement: the donkey saw the angel when Balaam could not, and its turning aside saved Balaam's life. The angel clarifies that had the donkey not turned, he would have killed Balaam and spared the animal, revealing a spiritual reality hidden from Balaam's sin-blinded eyes.
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19th Century
Anglican
Unless she had turned from me. —There may be an aposiopesis in this verse. Perhaps she turned aside from (or, before<…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times The ass saw the angel when Balaam did not, and that was the…
Presbyterian
We must not think that because God does not always by His providence restrain people from sin, He therefore approves of it, or that it is not hatef…
